diff --git a/tracdb/tests.py b/tracdb/tests.py
index f39de49fa7..85039f87ff 100644
--- a/tracdb/tests.py
+++ b/tracdb/tests.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import time_machine
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TestCase
+from django.urls import reverse
 
 from .models import (
     Attachment,
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ def test_router(self):
 
 
 class TicketTestCase(TracDBCreateDatabaseMixin, TestCase):
-    databases = {"trac"}
+    databases = {"default", "trac"}
 
     def _create_ticket(self, custom=None, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -224,6 +225,59 @@ def test_from_querystring_invalid_time(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             Ticket.objects.from_querystring("time=2024-10-24..")
 
+    def test_api_ticket_404(self):
+        no_ticket_url = reverse("api_ticket", args=[30000])
+        response = self.client.get(no_ticket_url)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
+
+    def test_api_ticket_405(self):
+        ticket = self._create_ticket(summary="test")
+        ticket_url = reverse("api_ticket", args=[ticket.id])
+        post_response = self.client.post(ticket_url, {})
+        delete_response = self.client.delete(ticket_url)
+        self.assertEqual(post_response.status_code, 405)
+        self.assertEqual(delete_response.status_code, 405)
+
+    def test_api_ticket_200(self):
+        ticket = self._create_ticket(
+            reporter="reporter@email.com",
+            type="Bug",
+            summary="test summary",
+            description="test description",
+            severity="Normal",
+            resolution="fixed",
+            status="assigned",
+            custom={
+                "stage": "Accepted",
+                "has_patch": "1",
+                "needs_better_patch": "0",
+                "needs_tests": "0",
+            },
+        )
+
+        with self.assertNumQueries(1, using="trac"):
+            response = self.client.get(reverse("api_ticket", args=[ticket.id]))
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertJSONEqual(
+            response.content,
+            {
+                "id": ticket.id,
+                "type": "Bug",
+                "summary": "test summary",
+                "description": "test description",
+                "severity": "Normal",
+                "status": "assigned",
+                "resolution": "fixed",
+                "custom": {
+                    "stage": "Accepted",
+                    "has_patch": "1",
+                    "needs_better_patch": "0",
+                    "needs_tests": "0",
+                },
+            },
+        )
+
 
 class TracTimeTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_datetime_to_timestamp(self):
diff --git a/tracdb/urls.py b/tracdb/urls.py
index bf7aa4086b..65bdaa4153 100644
--- a/tracdb/urls.py
+++ b/tracdb/urls.py
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("bouncing/", views.bouncing_tickets, name="bouncing_tickets"),
+    path("api/tickets/<int:ticket_id>", views.api_ticket, name="api_ticket"),
 ]
diff --git a/tracdb/views.py b/tracdb/views.py
index 8240677a3d..d8c2969758 100644
--- a/tracdb/views.py
+++ b/tracdb/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from django import db
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
+from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
 
+from .models import Ticket
 from .tractime import timestamp_to_datetime
 
 
@@ -29,3 +32,19 @@ def bouncing_tickets(request):
 def dictfetchall(cursor):
     desc = cursor.description
     return [dict(zip([col[0] for col in desc], row)) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
+
+
+@require_http_methods(["GET"])
+def api_ticket(request, ticket_id):
+    ticket_qs = Ticket.objects.with_custom().values(
+        "id",
+        "type",
+        "summary",
+        "description",
+        "severity",
+        "status",
+        "resolution",
+        "custom",
+    )
+    ticket = get_object_or_404(ticket_qs, id=ticket_id)
+    return JsonResponse(ticket)